Utley sends Phils home happy with walkoff HR in 14th inning

Miami Marlins' Jake Marisnick is safe on a steal at second before Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley can make the tag in the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 26, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels throws in the first inning of a baseball game with the Miami Marlins, Thursday, June 26, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)

PHILADELPHIA — The good news about the Phillies’ suddenly impervious bullpen is that they keep the team in games.

The bad news is that the offense remains miserable, particularly at home. And that’s how games spill deeply into extra innings and postgame fireworks shows either get disappointingly cancelled for those in attendance or wake the South Philly neighbors well after the 11 o’clock news has wrapped up.

At least everyone in and around Citizens Bank Park Thursday night could be pleased with the game’s result.

Despite falling behind two strikes in the count in the 14th inning, Chase Utley turned on a Chris Hatcher groove and launched it into the right-field seats as the Phillies prevailed, 4-2, to split their first of three straight series against National League East opponents.

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Jimmy Rollins led off the inning with a single after going hitless in his first six plate appearances, setting Utley up to be the hero.

The real heroes were the relievers, who are wrapping up a June that could go down as one of the most dominating by a Phillies bullpen in any month, ever.

They delivered seven scoreless frames after entering the night with a 1.25 ERA as a group since June 3. Jake Diekman, Jonathan Papelbon, Antonio Bastardo, Ken Giles and Mario Hollands each worked an inning to get it to Justin De Fratus, who pitched two strong innings to earn his second win of the season and extend his personal scoreless-inning streak to 16 innings over his last 15 appearances.

It was another winless start for Cole Hamels (2-4), but this time he had a bit more guilt in the fruitless endeavor. Hamels allowed three solo home runs to the Marlins -- a third-inning blast by Jarrod Saltalamacchia to left field, a fourth-inning line smash by Giancarlo Stanton, and a seventh-inning drive by Marcell Ozuna.

That last shot put the Marlins ahead, 3-2, with Hamels removed for a pinch hitter in the bottom half of the inning after Domonic Brown -- who was out of the starting lineup, but pinch-hit for John Mayberry Jr. – led off with a single to center. Tony Gwynn Jr. moved Brown along with a bunt and he advanced to third on a Ben Revere groundout, and it seemed Marlins reliever Bryan Morris was out of trouble when Jimmy Rollins hit a grounder to first. However, Jeff Baker fumbled it on the short-hop and the game started its long, knotted journey through the night.